Watchguard vs system technician

The differences between watchguards and system technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a watchguard and a system technician. Additionally, a watchguard has an average salary of $67,613, which is higher than the $43,410 average annual salary of a system technician.

The top three skills for a watchguard include firewall, windows server and switches. The most important skills for a system technician are customer service, hand tools, and preventative maintenance.

Watchguard vs system technician overview

	Watchguard	System Technician
Yearly salary	$67,613	$43,410
Hourly rate	$32.51	$20.87
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	25,897	137,121
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Associate Degree, 40%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Watchguard vs system technician salary

Watchguards and system technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Watchguard	System Technician
Average salary	$67,613	$43,410
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $99,000	Between $27,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Bristol-Myers Squibb
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between watchguard and system technician education

There are a few differences between a watchguard and a system technician in terms of educational background:

	Watchguard	System Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Associate Degree, 40%
Most common major	Computer Science	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Watchguard vs system technician demographics

Here are the differences between watchguards' and system technicians' demographics:

	Watchguard	System Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 87.1% Female, 12.9%	Male, 90.0% Female, 10.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between watchguard and system technician duties and responsibilities

Watchguard example responsibilities.

Institute centrally manage Linux configurations for application deployments, disaster recovery.
Monitor and administer firewall (Watchguard).
Install, configure, & troubleshoot 3rd part applications software.
Install and troubleshoot firewalls, Sonicwall, WatchGuard, Cisco.
Full delivery cycle service engineering of local, and hybrid cloud computing.
Conduct location monitoring of clients on home confinement, alcohol monitoring, or GPS reporting.

System technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage approve software distributions using Microsoft SCCM.
Manage, support and maintain modern EMC SAN storage platform.
Manage 185 virtualize desktops running in a cluster VMware ESX environment.
Provide on-site construction support and lead system testing, debugging, and startup.
Develop and implement a weekly schedule on SQL databases to automate the execution of maintenance plans.
Plan and lead training programs on new software development essential to the movement to a paperless travel department for DoD.

Watchguard vs system technician skills

Common watchguard skills

Firewall, 11%
Windows Server, 10%
Switches, 8%
VMware, 6%
VPN, 5%
Routers, 4%

Common system technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Hand Tools, 7%
Preventative Maintenance, 6%
Technical Support, 5%
Control Systems, 4%
Security Systems, 4%